BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
ROOKERIES— continMed. 
Nests. 
Remarks. How long 
in existence, etc. 
Source of 
information. 
Place. 
Situation. n 
Maxi- 
mm No. 
about. 
No. in 
1908. 
Parish op Hoddom— cortfintted. 
Aitchison's 
TTill 
Xllli. 
Beech and Oak . . 
30 . 
C. Sanderson, 
10.ii.l909. 
Do. 
Shortrigg 
Crossfleld 
Do 
Beech, Oak and 
Elm. 
50 
50 . 
2 
Destroyed in 1907 . . 
25.V.1908. 
Kirkconnel 
Hall. 
Qpnfci "Fir 
150 
W. Thorburn, 
12.vl.19Uo. 
100 
Five hundred and 
twenty-five birds 
kiUed in 1907 
seventy-five in 1908. 
C. Sanderson, 
ll.ii.l909. 
Burnswark . . 
Scots Fir and 
Spruce. 
150 
Do. 
100 
Three hundred and 
forty- three killed 
in 1907 ; eighty- 
three in 1908. 
Do. 
Hoddom Castle 
Beech, Scots Fir 
and Birch. 
150 
Reduced a third in 
recent years. 
W. Brunskill, 
15.vi.l908. 
Hoddom 
Parish 
Beech 
30 
8 
An ancient rookery. 
W. Coltherd, 
25.V.1908. 
Parish of Holywood. 
Gribton 
Beech, Plane, 
Spruce, Yew and 
Oak. 
In existence In 1800 . . 
Dumfries Courier, 
16.V.1854. 
300 
200 
Not so numerous as 
formerly. 
Dr. J. W. Martin, 
8.vi,1908. 
Steilston 
Ash 
60 
All destroyed in 
1903. 
N. Menzies, 
17,ii,1909. 
Greenhead . 
1 Lime, Oak and 
Spruce. 
30-40 
very f e\i 
20-30 
Came here in 1905 
when trees at Glen- 
gaber were cut 
down. 
Dr. J. W. Martin, 
8,vi.l908, 
. Do. 
Broomrigg . 
Cluden Bank. 
200 
Formerly one hun- 
dred and fifty to 
two hundred ; now 
possibly increasing. 
Rev. J. 
McCombie, 
22.V.1908. 
Portrack 
200-30 
' - 1 
. Do. 
Cowhill 
. Plane, Fir, Oal 
and Beech, 
i 
Do. 1 Ancient rookery 
. Do. 
